The golden hour.....sunset at Welkom station sees RRL Grindrod's 91-02 bringing in a train of loaded hoppers from Harmony Gold's Tshepong Mine at Odendaalsrus. Although de-electrified years ago, t... (more)
RRL's bright red ex- SAR class 33 is painted gold by the setting sun as it sits in Welkom station, waiting for the night shift crew to come on duty. On the right is an ex- SAR class 91 with a trai... (more)
Former SAR/Spoornet/Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) class 33, now operated by RRL Grindrod as their 33-01, at Transnet Freight Rail's Welkom station with empty hoppers for loading at Harmony Gold's Ts... (more)
Former SAR/Spoornet/Transnet Freight Rail class 33, now operated by RRL Grindrod as their 33-01, running long hood forward with a train of loaded ore hoppers from Harmony Gold's Tshepong Shaft. Th... (more)
Former SAR/Spoornet/Transnet Freight Rail class 91, now operated by RRL Grindrod as their 91-03, departs Harmony Gold's Nyala Shaft with a full load of ore hoppers. The train will run over mine tr... (more)
Yellow veld grass and clear blue skies are typical of winter in the South African interior. On a cool, sunny morning, RRL Grindrod's ex-SAR/Spoornet/TFR class 91 91-01, works a train of empties to... (more)
On a cool, sunny winter morning, RRL Grindrod's ex-SAR/Spoornet/TFR class 91 91-01, is working a train of empties to Nyala Shaft, running over Transnet trackage as far as Friedesheim. These loco's... (more)
RRL Grindrod is contracted to move loaded ore hoppers from two active shafts north of Welkom, to Showgrounds exchange, where Harmony Gold takes over and moves the loads to Harmony One Plant for pr... (more)
RRL Grindrod operates this ex-TFR class 36-200 at Welkom, for ore haulage from Friedesheim and Odendaalsrus to Showgrounds Exchange. Late on a Saturday afternoon, 36-01 is returning to Welkom with... (more)
RRL Grindrod's locomotives are employed to haul ore from two of Harmony Gold's mines. Two of their ex-TFR Class 91's bask in the late afternoon sun at Transnet Freight Rail's Welkom station with t... (more)
A late afternoon line-up of RRL Grindrod locomotives at Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR) Welkom station, from left to right. 91-04, 91-01, 91-03 and 36-01. The class 91’s were built by GE and imp... (more)
